Lambda function to query Kendra for Lex Response

Question

I am trying to write a Lambda function to filter a SearchKendra intent on Lex v2. I would like to filter based on 'accountId', which I have assigned to a document in the relevant bucket by including a .metadata file in the same location.

Here is my current Lambda function followed by the error that I am receiving. Any ideas what might be going on?

Lambda:

```
def lambda_handler(event, context):
    kendraQuery = {
    	"AttributeFilter": {
    		"EqualsTo": {
    			"Key": "accountId",
    			"Value": {
    				"StringValue": "123testid"
    			}
    		}
    	},
    	"IndexId": "sample-faq-index"
    }
    return {
        	"dialogAction": {
        		"type": "Delegate",
        		"kendraQueryRequestPayload": kendraQuery
        	}
        }
```

Here is the error message in the Lex console when testing:

`Invalid Lambda Response: Received invalid response from Lambda: Can not construct instance of IntentResponse, problem: The validated object is null at [Source: {"dialogAction": {"type": "Delegate", "kendraQueryRequestPayload": {"AttributeFilter": {"equalsTo": {"key": "accountId", "value": {"stringValue": "123testid"}}}, "IndexId": "sample-faq-index"}}}; line: 1, column: 194]   `

Answer

Hey, can you provide the actual Kendra query request payload that you are performing.
from the request payload you provided, it looks like that this is an invalid query.

if you are trying to do a queryless search, you need to make sure both attributeFilter and SortingConfiguration are provided
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/browsing.html

Thanks

Answer

Hi,

Your Lambda can provide two attributes to Lex that can be used for Kendra queries: kendraQueryFilterString, and kendraQueryRequestPayload.

kendraQueryRequestPayload requires the entire Kendra query object, while kendraQueryFilterString is only the attribute filter. Looks like what you are looking for is **kendraQueryFilterString**.

You can see more details here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lexv2/latest/dg/built-in-intent-kendra-search.html#kendra-search-lambda

I hope this helps!

Mathilda

Lambda function to query Kendra for Lex Response

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